bode
/bəʊd/verb
no obj.(bode well/ill)
- be a portent of a particular outcome预示, 为…的兆头：
their argument did not bode well for the future
他们的争论预示前景不妙
with obj. the 12 per cent interest rate bodes dark days ahead for retailers.12%的利率预示零售商黑暗日子即将到来。
词源
Old English bodian 'proclaim, foretell', from boda 'messenger', of Germanic origin; related to German Bote, also to BID1.